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1/ Porn actress @StormyDaniels says that in 2011 she was threatened by a stranger, who told her to keep quiet about her alleged affair with Trump.

It turns out, a bunch of Trump opponents have received threats to back off.

Ready?

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2/ In 1982, New York City Housing Commissioner Anthony Gliedman told the FBI he received an “abusive and profane” call from someone angry that Gliedman had opposed Trump's request for a $20 million tax abatement.

3/ A day later, Trump himself called the FBI, saying he had also received a call with threats to both himself & Gliedman. According to FBI notes, Trump explained he was “merely passing on this information not only for his own safety but for the safety of Commissioner GLIEDMAN.”
4/ The documents, obtained by @JasonLeopold, show the FBI decided not to pursue the case.
5/ In 2016, former police officer @BoDietl told @thedailybeast he “deterred” Trump’s opponents in Atlantic City, including an attorney threatening legal action thedailybeast.com/11-private-sec…
6/ We reached out to @boDietl and he told us: “I NEVER said I was hired by Trump. I said I knew Trump and know the Lawyer. I helped settle a deal. No threats.”
7/ In 2009, a lawyer representing Trump Atlantic City casino creditors reported getting threatening phone calls. The FBI traced one of them to a payphone outside The Late Show With David Letterman, where Trump was appearing.
buzzfeed.com/jasonleopold/i…
8/ In 2015, @theDailyBeast reporter @timmak, covering Ivana Trump’s claim that Trump raped her, wrote he was threatened by Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen.

thedailybeast.com/ex-wife-donald…
9/ We reached out to @michaelcohen212. He answered his phone and told us to call him back later. We did. He hasn’t answered yet.
10/ On @60minutes @StormyDaniels also recalled that a man, she believes Cohen, said her life would be “hell” if she refused to sign a statement denying her affair with Trump.

cbsnews.com/news/stormy-da…
11/ We reached out to @michaelcohen212 about that too. We’re still waiting for a response.
12/ And of course, @StormyDaniels told @60minutes that in 2011 an unknown man approached her in a Las Vegas parking lot while she was with her infant daughter and told her to stop discussing her alleged affair with Trump. cbsnews.com/news/stormy-da…
13/ On Wednesday, Donald Trump tweeted this about a police sketch of the man @StormyDaniels says threatened her.

14/ We asked @Trump and @WhiteHouse about all these alleged threats. They did not respond.

If you know of other cases, let us know! Email tips@propublica.org or text 347 244 2134
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